The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-07-13
Farm Notes.

Keep the young pigs in pasture in the
orchard; those for early market should
have a mealslop daily.
Give the young peach trees a dressing OF
wood ashes once or twice this summer and
they will grow rapidly.
Don't use any parsnip seed unless it be
of last years growth, as such seed does not
readily terminate if old.
The farmers who make money are those
who cultivate no more land than they can
work in the best manner.
1t is said that the milk of COWS that are
salted regularly churns much mere easily
than the milk of COWS not salted.
Among old gardeners there is a great
unanimity of opinion that hen manure is
the very best fertilizer for squeshes.
II rat gets into chicken coop it will
kill every chicken If it can have time to
carry them of before being discovered.
A South Carolina farmer says he cured
hog cholera by giving the animals liberal
supply of blcarbonate OF soda and salt
mixed in equal proportions.
Don't forget to clean your fowl houses
and coops once week, if not oftener-the
oftener the better. The droppings thus OBJ
tanned are invaluable as fertilizer.
The demand is increasing throughout the
country for windmills that will not only
pump water, but that will furnish power
for running various kinds of farm machin-
cry.
In vegetable growing deep, rich, soil, now
so generally condemned for fruit gardens,
is of the first importance. S)il cannot be-
too rich or deep if we would have good
vegetables.
Use plenty of sulphur with your fowls
Keep plenty in the nests and give two or
three tsblespoonfulls in soft feed at least
once week. Lice will not stay on fowl
that eats sulphur. - .y,ss 81
A French paper says that petroleum de-
stroys all insects and Danishes rats aud
mice, and that water slightly impregnated
with petroleum applied to plants infected
with insects will destroy them.
To prevent bees robbing one auother's
hives, contract the entrance to the small
est space possible, SIS it compels the rob-
bers to pass IN siDgIy, thus enabling the
bees inside to repel them.
Ducks thrive best with a running stream
OF wafer TO swim in, yet they get along
very well with plenty of drinking water
only, provided there is enough to supply
them an occasional bath.
The Compounds of buttera-year COW is
the point to aim at, and the dairyman
should not be satisfied with anything else.
She is possibility, and intelligent selec.
ton and breeding will fetch her.
1t is estimated that the expense of sup
porting the dogs in this country amounts
to over $50 coo year, and this does not
inclsde the loss occasioned by the dogs,
such as destroying sheep and birds.
A solution of saltpetre sptinkled on cab.
bages is said to be effective in driving of
the cabbage.fly. 1t is harmless and also an
excellent fertilizer. 1t should be applied
twice a week, however, and used plenti-
fully.
There is no necessity for using elabor.
ately designed poultry houses. One with
good tight roof. and the walls lined with
tarred felt, will be warm and comfortable
in winter, and II well ventilated viii an.
swer for summer.
The best mode OF getting rid of inferior
potatoes is to feed them to the stock. II
this be done every season the quality OF
the potatoes will be improved, the seed be-
come better and the thrift OF the stock
greatly promoted.
New land, or clover sod plowed under, is
excellent for tufnips. Superphosphate is
one of the best fertilizers for turnips. and
in putting in the crop use plenty of seed In
order to escape the fly, which is very
destructive durng some seasons.
Crab grass springs up after every rain.
| It should be eradicated when very young,
and on dry, warm days. II cleaned out in
its first stages the work will be easy, but
| IL 1t be allowed to root well and make
growth 1t will entail q vast amount sof
labor.
Remember that fresh buhach In water
kept tightly corked in bottle, one tea
| spoonful to two gallons is excellent to
| keep flies from worrying our work horses.
We have only to bathe the animals on
various parts Of the body once In an hour
or 90. ~
| Sandy soils are not always the most nm.
desirable. In truck aud small fruits the
poorest white sandy soil, II veil, manured,
| has given large yields and reasonable yuc.
! cess. The labor Of cultivating sandy soil